Mid-Carolina AHEC has partnered with the South Carolina
Youth Diabetes Association (SCYDA) to provide continuing education for school
nurses. SCYDA is a 501(c)3 organization that aims to improve the lives of youth
in South Carolina who are living with Type 1 diabetes by offering
medically-driven camping opportunities and support to the children and families
living with diabetes. SCYDA offers camps,
college support, and enhanced school support for diabetes management (including
support for public school nurses).
Traci Scott, RN, CDE, is a member of the SCYDA Board of
Trustees and also a mother of a child with diabetes. She is currently working on two programs that
will be available as online courses via AHEC U (www.ahecu.org) related to
caring for children with diabetes in the school setting. The Sweet Science series will include
“Providing Care to Students with Diabetes in the Public School Setting” and
“Pumping Insulin.” The goal of this
series is to provide school nurses with more knowledge and understanding of treatment
of Type 1 and 2 diabetes, insulin to carbohydrate ratio and management of
various insulin pumps.
Ms. Scott will also present the Sweet Science series to the
nurse volunteers who attend Camp Sweet Escape in June and August. To find out more about SCYDA or Camp Sweet
Escape please visit their websites: www.scyda.com and www.campsweetescape.com.
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